Display stand



June 13, 1939. L. c. GALTON DI S PLAY STAND Filed June 30, 1937 INVELandon C. G fign Y 7 W ATTORNEYS Patented June 13, 1939 PATENT OFFICEDISPLAY STAND Landon C. Galton, Canajoharie, N..Y., assignor toBeech-Nut Packing Company, Canajoharie, N. Y., a corporation of New York7 g Application June so, 1937, Serial'No. 151,151

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to display stands, and has specialreference to display stands for small packages, such as small packagesof candy and chewing gum.

Display stands of this character are commonly provided with a bottomwall that is inclined downward-1y and forwardly, longitudinal side wallsthat have their upper edges inclined downwardly and forwardly andextending a distance above the bottom wall, and glass dividers orparti-tions extending between the side walls and dividing the stand intoa plurality of transverse compartments. These' glass partitions areremovably supported in upright position on the bottom wall by channelmembers or clips arranged adjacent the inner sides of the side walls.Such display stands are made of various widths and are commonly suppliedto retail stores by the candy or chewing gum manufacturer. The salesmanfor the manufacturer usually attends to the arranging of the articlesand maintaining the stands in a clean and sanitary condition. In orderfor the salesman to attend to this properly, it is necessary for him tofrequently remove the glass partitions and separately clean and polishthem. In removing a glass partition, however, the merchandise displayedwould naturally drop down into the compartment below which made itnecessary for the salesman to remove all the merchandise from the standand again rearrange it after the partitions are replaced, which ofcourse is a troublesome and time consuming operation.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a devicewhich is simple in construction and convenient in use, and which may beeasily slipped into place in the display stand so as to hold themerchandise in place while each glass partition is being removed forcleaning, after which the glass partition may be replaced and the deviceremoved from the stand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of the character indicated.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a display stand with my improveddevice applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view, with parts broken away to save space,taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, illustratingespecially one of the compartments of the stand with the device appliedto the stand and supporting packages of fruit drops or other smallpackages; and

Fig. 4 is a front View of a display stand of narrower width than thatillustrated in Fig. 1 with the improved device applied thereto.

The display stand illustrated in the drawing is provided with a floor orbottom Wall 2 which is inclined downwardly and forwardly, longitudinalside walls 4 which have their upper edges inclined downwardly andforwardly and spaced a distance above the bottom wall, a front wall 6and glass dividers or partitions 8. Each of the partitions 8 rests uponthe bottom wall and is held in upright position by clips or channelmembers l0 which are arranged adjacent the inner sides of the side wallsand which receive the lower outer corners of the glass partitions. Thepackages, such as cylindrical packages of fruit drops II, and packagesof chewing gum, are arranged in stacks in each compartment formedbetween the glass partitions with the several stacks in each compartmentarranged in end to end relation. The stands are made of various widths.The stand illustrated in Fig. 1 is of a width to receive eight stacks offruit drops or chewing gum packages therein, while the stand illustratedin Fig. 4 is adapted to receive only two such stacks in eachcompartment.

My improved device as illustrated in the drawing is adapted to be usedin connection with display stands of the type illustrated and describedand is adjustable for difierent width stands. This device consists of atemporary divider or partition which is made up of two strips of thinsheet metal l2and I4 which are ar- 35 ranged in sliding engagement inside by side relation. The member I4 is provided with a rearwardlydirected flange H5 at its upper edge, and the upper edge of the memberI2 is bent to form a guideway l8 to receive the flange is so as to holdthe two members l2 and I4 together but permitting them to be relativelymoved longitudinally. The member I2 is provided at one end with asemi-circular notch 20 which provides a clearance space for the thumb ofthe user to engage the member M to adjust the two members from theircontracted position.

The left-hand portion of each of the members l2 and I4 is provided witha plurality of transverse slots 22 which open out through the lower edgeof the member. The slots are equally spaced apart and are adapted toregister when the two members are brought into their con tractedposition as shown in Fig. 4. The end slot of each member is spaced adistance from the left-hand end of the member.

When it is desired to remove one of the glass partitions 8 of the standillustrated in Fig. 1, my improved device may be adjusted to the properlength and slipped down between the rear side of the glass partition andthe articles at the rear of the partition. The right-hand end of thedevice is positioned against the rear side of the right-hand channelmember ID associated with the partition, and the outermost slot 22positioned over the left-hand side Wall of the stand (Figs. 1, 2 and 3).The glass partition may then be removed whereupon the articles in thecompartment are held by the device. After the salesman has cleaned andpolished the glass partition, he replaces it in the holding members Iadjacent the rear side of said device. The device may then be removedand similarly used when it is desired to remove and replace the otherglass partitions. i

With the use of the device in a narrower stand, illustrated in Fig. 4,it may be contracted to its shortest length, which positions the slots22 of the two members in registry so that they may be placed over theupper edges of the side walls of the stand and against the rear sides ofa partition and the holding members I 0 therefor. The glass partitionmay then be removed and replaced as above described in connection withthe stand illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be apparent that my improved device is simple in constructionand convenient in use,

and that it is adapted to be used with the various width standard standsso that it is necessary for the salesman to carry with him only one suchdevice.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permitsvarious modifications without departing from the spirit thereof or thescope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described for use on a display stand having abottom wall, longitudinal side walls having their upper edges extendingabove the bottom wall, partitions extending between the side walls, andmembers arranged adjacent the side walls for receiving the ends of thepartitions to removably hold the partitions in place, said devicecomprising two members of sheet material arranged in side by siderelation in sliding engagement so as to permit the members to berelatively moved to vary the length of said device to accommodate it todisplay stands of various widths, said device being adapted to beinserted between a side of one of the partitions and the articlesadjacent said side to hold the articles in place while the partition isbeing removed. and replaced.

2. A device according to claim 1 in which each of said members isprovided with a series of downwardly opening transverse slots, each ofwhich is adapted to receive the upper portion of a side wall when thedevice is in position on the display stand.

LANDON C. GALTON.

